For the entire month of April, 11 bloggers will be sharing the process of cleaning and organizing drawers around our homes each week. We kicked off the first week in the kitchen and I shared my 5-step Junk Drawer Organization. This week, we focused on drawer organization in our Office, Craft or Living Rooms.

I chose to organize my pull-out craft bins with my fabric stash. I had two large plastic containers stacked full of fabric and fabric scraps. While this storage system works, it was really hard to find fabrics when they are stacked on top of each other. So instead of stacking, I’m going vertical! Since I have a lot of fabric, vertical fabric storage using foam board is a much better solution. Storing fabric vertically allows me to quickly see my fabric inventory and I can separate fabrics by yardage,color, and seasons if needed.

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Directions:

Sort & Purge

Organize fabric into keep, donate, or sell (sell on Craigslist, Facebook, or Ebay) piles. I know parting with fabric can be hard, but be brutal here. Only keep what you know you will use.

Go back through the piles and sort further. For example, sort by yardage, color, fabric, seasonal, etc… Sort the fabric in a way that makes sense for you. I sorted my stash by yardage, color, and seasonal.

For smaller lengths of fabric, use the leftover foam board cuttings. These should measure 12 3/4″ x 9″.

Wrap Fabric on Foam Board

Leaving the fabric folded the way it came off the bolt, fold it once more in half down the length and wrap around the foam board.

When the fabric is wrapped around the foam board, pin one side to keep in place.

Organize Fabric in Drawer/Bins

This bin shows fabric using the large foam board and has fabric with 1 1/2 yards or more. I currently have 21 foam bolts of fabric in this bin. The amount will vary depending on the yardage of each fabric.

This bin shows fabric using the small foam board and has fabric with 1 yard or less.

Insert the fabric wrapped foam boards into the drawer/bins. Organize by color.

I love vertical fabric storage! I can see my fabrics and can easily grab what I need without digging through a container and taking everything out.

Have another way to store fabric? Leave me a comment and tell me what works for you!

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I’ve heard of the KonMari method. I really like storing things vertically as it’s so much easier to see everything when it’s not piled on each other. To save money, one can also wrap the fabric around cardboard boxes.

This is one of the best organization tips I’ve seen. It’s also one of those “why have I never thought of that” moments! I have a bin full of fabric and it’s always a mess to sort through. This is an idea I’m going to put to use. Thanks for the tip!

I totally love this idea. Fabric can quickly take over the craft closet at my house! My daughter got smart organizing my fabric and she used foam board to create sections but I like this idea even better. Just added this to my to-do list! I purchased foam board this week for bedroom drawer organization, hope it works!

[…] I have some fabric stored in plastic bins and I always have to dig through the whole bin to find the one I need. I think Erlene’s idea is very smart. She stores her fabric vertically in drawers using foam board. […]

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